Etymology

accepter

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Today it means: A person who accepts; a taker. Full definition →

English accept ← Middle English accepten ← Old French accepterder.?
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  7. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  8. Latincapiō
  9. Latinaccipiō
  10. Latinacceptāre
  11. Old Frenchaccepterder.?
  12. Middle Englishaccepten
  13. Englishaccept
  14. English todayaccepter

From accept + -er; in the sense “respecter,” from Middle French accepteur.

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